Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford

Secret Service Agent Clint Hill served on the White House Detail through five presidential administrations: Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford. He retired in 1975 after an extraordinary career that spanned some of the most significant events in 20th-century American history. Hill was present during the assassination of President Kennedy, the resignation of President Nixon, and the swearing-in of the two presidents who followed these unprecedented events. His career also encompassed the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, Watergate, and the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew. This memoir offers a behind-the-scenes account of presidential protection and life inside the White House. Hill shares stories that reveal the character and personality of each president, from Eisenhower's golf outings to the events of November 22nd, 1963 in Dallas, to Johnson's White House amid protest, to Nixon's final days and Ford's ascension to office. The book provides an insider's perspective on how these presidents handled grave decisions during turbulent times in American history.